Jastrow: תְּהוֹם

תְּהוֹם m. (b. h.; תהם , Friedr. Del. Proleg., p. 113) deep, depth, interior of the earth. Gen. R. s. 2 (ref. to Gen. I, 2) זו מלכות … כמו הת׳ ‘the deep’, that is the wicked (Roman) empire which is unfathomable as the deep; מה הת׳ הזה וכ׳ as the deep cannot be searched out, so the wicked &c. Y. Ḥag. II, 77ᶜ מה … ומה למטה מן הת׳ what is above the heavens, and what is beneath the deep. Snh. 97ᵇ, v. נָקַב; a. fr.—קבר הת׳, טומאת הת׳ a grave in the depth, i.e. a covered up uncleanness discovered. Y. Naz. IX, 57ᵈ top אי זה הוא קבר הת׳ המת שנקבר וכ׳ what is a grave of the depth (in a legal sense)? A corpse buried in stubble, straw, earth, or pebbles, but if buried in water &c., it does not make a grave of the depth (does not make unclean that which was above it before discovery). Ib. אי זהו קבר הת׳ … זוכרו a grave of the depth is one that nobody remembers to have existed; a. fr.—Pl. תְּהוֹמוֹת. Mekh. B’shall., Shir., s. 5, v. עִשּׁוֹנִית; a. e.